Robert Louis-Dreyfus
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Born | Paris, France | 14 June 1946
Died | 4 July 2009 Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 63)
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | CEO of Adidas (1994–2001) CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi (1989–93) Majority shareholder of Marseille (1996–2016) |
Spouse(s) | Sarah Oberholzer (m. 19??; div. 1989) |
Children | 3, including Kyril Louis-Dreyfus |
Relatives | Monique Roosmale Nepveu (sister) Marie-Jeanne Meyer (sister) Louis Louis-Dreyfus (paternal grandfather) Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (paternal great-grandfather) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (paternal second cousin once removed) |
Robert Louis-Dreyfus (Adidas (then Adidas Salomon) and Saatchi & Saatchi. He was a majority shareholder of the French football team Marseille, and during his tenure they re-emerged as a major European club.
14 June 1946 – 4 July 2009) was a French businessman who was chief executive officer (CEO) ofEarly life
Robert Louis-Dreyfus was born in Paris, the son of Jean and Jeanne Madeline (née Depierre) Louis-Dreyfus.
Robert Louis-Dreyfus was initially a bad student who failed his
Business career
In 1982, Louis-Dreyfus joined IMS, the US pharmaceutical research company enjoying spectacular monetary success. His original US$400,000 grew twentyfold by the time the company was sold in 1988. He served as CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi, the United Kingdom-based advertising agency, from 1989 to 1993.[8] Louis-Dreyfus invested his own money in Saatchi and Saatchi and during his tenure the agency grew considerably.
He proved equally successful when in 1994 he took the top job at
Robert Louis-Dreyfus re-joined the family company,
In 2005, he decided to relaunch the Le Coq Sportif sports company through a Swiss investment company, Airesis.
Sporting interests
In 1996, Louis-Dreyfus became the largest shareholder of
Louis-Dreyfus was also a shareholder in the Belgium football club
FIFA World Cup bribery scandal
In October 2015, the German news magazine
Death
Louis-Dreyfus died in Zürich aged 63 on 4 July 2009, following a long period with leukemia.[10][11]
Personal life
Louis-Dreyfus was married twice. Before divorcing his first wife, Sarah Oberholzer,[1] in 1989, he met his second wife Margarita Bogdanova in 1988, whom he married in 1992 and with whom he had three sons:[12] Eric, Maurice, and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus,[1] the latter of whom became the chairman and majority shareholder of English football club Sunderland A.F.C. in February 2021, aged only 24.[13]
Louis-Dreyfus identified as an
Following his death, his enterprises were inherited and supervised by Margarita Louis-Dreyfus,[7] she is considered to be the richest Russian woman today.[14][15] Margarita inherited 60% of the organization (increased to 65% in 2012).[6] Robert's two sisters, Monique Louis-Dreyfus Roosmale Nepveu and Marie-Jeanne Louis-Dreyfus Meyer, each own 12% and are now both billionaires.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Biographie Robert Louis-dreyfus Président de société". Whoswho.fr. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ISBN 2-35228-003-6
- ^ a b Paris Match: "“Robert Louis-Dreyfus, un seigneur qui voyait loin et visait haut" by Jacques Veyrat July 8, 2009 (in French) | "...cet agnostique, fils d’un juif et d’une catholique..." / "...this agnostic, the son of a Jew and a Catholic..."
- ^ a b Pierre Perrone (17 July 2009). "Obituary: Robert Louis-Dreyfus: Businessman who helped resurrect Olympique Marseille football club" (newspaper). The Independent. United Kingdom: Independent News and Media Limited.
- ^ Sénat français. "Anciens sénateurs IIIème République : LOUIS-DREYFUS Louis". Senat.fr. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ a b c "Rising Commodity Prices Created Three Louis-Dreyfus Billionaires". Forbes.com. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ a b Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, fr.wikipedia
- ^ ""Mister Adidas" ist tot". Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Fifa Fußball-WM 2006 mutmaßlich vom DFB gekauft - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "Report: Marseille owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus dies". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "AFP: Marseille's Louis-Dreyfus dead". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ^ "Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, la tsarine des affaires - Madame Figaro". Madame.lefigaro.fr (in French). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "Louis-Dreyfus acquires controlling interest in Sunderland AFC". Sunderland Association Football Club. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Маргарита Луи-Дрейфус, ru.wikipedia
- ^ "Маргарита Луи-Дрейфус. Первый класс. Фрагмент выпуска от 05.03.2012". 1tv.ru. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-02-23.